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Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (28 Sep 2023)

Richard Bruton: 277. To ask the Minister for Health the threshold for drug refund which is now in place and if the level of this threshold is under review. [41993/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund (28 Sep 2023)

Richard Bruton: 278. To ask the Minister for Health if the National Treatment Purchase Fund is on track to deliver the targeted level of procedures, scopes, diagnostic tests and outpatient appointment during 2023, and whether target waiting times for arranging different interventions have been set. [41994/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (28 Sep 2023)

Richard Bruton: 279. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated number of patients who have been treated abroad under different options in the year to date; if he has any breakdown of this number by procedure or specialty, and if the conditions for obtaining treatment in the UK and Northern Ireland, or in other member states of the EU is likely to change in the coming year; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (28 Sep 2023)

Richard Bruton: 280. To ask the Minister for Health if he has set prospective dates by which he expects to extend the age groups who qualify for free GP services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41996/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Costs (28 Sep 2023)

Richard Bruton: 298. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the concessions made on the student registration fee and the bonus payment on maintenance have been continued into the new academic year; if so, if he will indicate on what terms the concessions are available in the academic year 2023/2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41974/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Cybersecurity Policy (26 Sep 2023)

Richard Bruton: 105. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment how the NIS2 Directive on cybersecurity will be implemented in Ireland; and whether consultation and an information campaign are planned to better inform the public and affected bodies. [40990/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (26 Sep 2023)

Richard Bruton: 114. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will outline the details of those companies who are obligated entities in terms of energy savings; the extent of the obligation in each case; the opportunities for charitable bodies to seek support from such bodies to improve their energy consumption; and whether each entity has published contact details for...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (26 Sep 2023)

Richard Bruton: 131. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether public service bodies who have outreach services delivered by employees using their personal cars are obliged to count the carbon impact of these journeys in their carbon impact; whether there are initiatives in place to facilitate the switch of this necessary mileage to electric vehicles; if there is a role for a centralised...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pension Provisions (26 Sep 2023)

Richard Bruton: 187. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has reviewed the value of the thresholds set out for tax relief on pensions; and if he will consider adjusting them, in view of the substantial inflation since they were set almost ten years ago. [41437/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (26 Sep 2023)

Richard Bruton: 369. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether it is possible to set up a trust for a person with a severe disability, without undermining their eligibility for disability allowance, which normally assesses a nominal weekly means to all capital exceeding €50,000. [41173/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Deaths (26 Sep 2023)

Richard Bruton: 523. To ask the Minister for Health if he has examined the reports of elevated death rates; and whether any research is being undertaken to evaluate underlying factors. [41033/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Records (26 Sep 2023)

Richard Bruton: 548. To ask the Minister for Health if he has examined the reports of elevated death rates; and whether any research is being undertaken to evaluate underlying factors. [41165/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (26 Sep 2023)

Richard Bruton: 564. To ask the Minister for Health whether the HSE has started to recruit to the position of physician associates; whether the extent of the responsibility of such posts have been defined: and whether there is a need for registration and regulation of such posts by an appropriate body to ensure that they only work within their area of established qualifications. [41276/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (26 Sep 2023)

Richard Bruton: 628. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she has calculated a multiplier for the knock-on value within the community of the different schemes under which she allocates funds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41309/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Policies (26 Sep 2023)

Richard Bruton: 629. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she has analysed trends in remote working as the economy has fully reopened again; and if there are areas of initiative to help embed this as a pattern to bring new activity to rural Ireland. [41310/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund (21 Sep 2023)

Richard Bruton: 13. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an estimate of the average number of inpatient and outpatient procedures that have been delivered by public hospitals and by the NTPF to date in 2023; and if he is considering any innovations to deliver more procedures. [40277/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Expenditure (21 Sep 2023)

Richard Bruton: 60. To ask the Minister for Health what the key drivers of the reported overruns in health expenditure are; whether there are improvements that can be made in spending management; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40276/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (21 Sep 2023)

Richard Bruton: 77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how the destination of graduates after qualification has evolved over the past five years; and whether any lessons can be drawn from the impact of the Covid experience. [40279/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (21 Sep 2023)

Richard Bruton: 108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether he has considered initiating, along with the Minister for Education, a national dialogue on the reform of the Leaving Certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40278/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (21 Sep 2023)

Richard Bruton: 205. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has considered the treatment of awards made by the Courts in her Department's means tests, particularly for disability allowance, wherein awards for negligence are treated as assets resulting in refusal, even where the award was for medical negligence which has completely denied the person any ability to work or have...